2015 Mexican Grand Prix

 2015 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 19 races in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015
Date:	November 1, 2015
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	305.584 km in 71 laps of 4.304 km
Spectator:	~ 112,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 19.480 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 20.521 min (lap 67)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Williams

The 2015 Mexican Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2015 ) took place on November 1st at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the 17th race of the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the US Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' championship unassailable with 76 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and 80 points ahead of Nico Rosberg . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was unmatchable with 200 points ahead of Ferrari and 354 points ahead of Williams .

At the Mexican Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

Comparison of the routes 1992 and 2015

Since the last Formula 1 world championship run in 1992 , the route has been heavily rebuilt, the routing was only identical to the old version in a few places. This reduced the length of the course from 4,421 to 4,304 meters.

There were two DRS zones, the first zone was on the start and finish straight and began exactly 425 meters behind the last corner. The second DRS zone began 120 meters after turn three . There was only one measuring point for both DRS zones, where the distance to the vehicle in front was determined; it was at the exit of turn 15 . In the event of a successful overtaking maneuver on the start and finish straight, the driver in front was allowed to use the DRS again in the second zone.

Pastor Maldonado (six), Max Verstappen (five), Marcus Ericsson , Nico Hülkenberg , Sergio Pérez (four each), Kimi Räikkönen , Vettel (three), Jenson Button , Romain Grosjean , Hamilton and Daniil Kwjat (two each) went with penalty points into the race weekend.

The Mexican Grand Prix was held for the first time since 1992, so no previous winner entered this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Mark Blundell (GBR), Gerd Ennser (DEU) and Jorge Rodriguez (MEX).

training

In the first free practice, Verstappen set the fastest time in 1: 25.990 minutes, ahead of Kwjat and Raikkonen. Verstappen cut short on his fastest lap, but the stewards refrained from cutting the lap time. The training started in wet conditions, the track dried out during the training.

In the second free practice, Rosberg was fastest with a lap time of 1: 21.536 minutes ahead of Kwjat and Daniel Ricciardo . The training had to be interrupted five minutes after an accident by Verstappen.

In the third free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 21.083 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Ricciardo. Button and Will Stevens could only drive a few laps due to technical problems and lagged behind the 107 percent time. After driving three laps, Raikkonen parked his vehicle after a fire in the drive area at the edge of the track.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Rosberg was the fastest. After the technical problems in free practice, Button was unable to participate in qualifying and did not qualify for the race. He was allowed to take part in the race because he was fast enough in free practice. The Manor pilots, Felipe Nasr and Fernando Alonso were eliminated.

The second qualifying segment (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. Hamilton was fastest. Raikkonen, Ericsson, Maldonado, Grosjean and Carlos Sainz jr. dropped out.

The last section lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Rosberg set the fastest time and thus achieved pole position in front of Hamilton and Vettel. It was his 20th pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship and the 16th pole position of the season for a Mercedes driver.

Button was moved a total of 50 positions backwards for the use of the tenth and eleventh internal combustion engines, as well as the tenth and eleventh copies of the turbocharger and MGU-H and the ninth and tenth copies of the MGU-K. Fernando Alonso was relocated by fifteen starting positions for using the eleventh internal combustion engine and due to an early change of gearbox. Since Button also used a sixth copy of the control electronics after the third free practice session, the relocation increased to 55 starting positions. In addition, the twelfth turbocharger and the twelfth MGU-H were installed on race day, which increased the penalty again to 70 starting places. After the third free practice session, Raikkonen was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change. Shortly before the start of the race, the entire drive unit of his Ferrari was changed, Räikkönen was moved back a total of 35 positions due to the use of the sixth combustion engine and the fifth turbocharger, MGU-H, energy storage and control electronics.

run

Rosberg stayed ahead of Hamilton at the start, behind which Kwjat passed Vettel. Ricciardo also attacked Vettel, there was a contact in which Vettel suffered a tire damage. So at the end of the first lap he drove into the pit lane to change tires. Alonso complained of a loss of performance on the first lap and gave up the race in the pits at the end of the lap.

Bottas was the first driver to pit at the end of the eighth lap for a scheduled tire change, shortly afterwards Massa and Hülkenberg too. All three switched to the harder tire compound. Vettel spun in the 17th lap after a driving error, but was able to continue. As a result, he fell back from eleventh to 15th place. Pérez pitted to change tires and fell back to eleventh place. At this point Rosberg was leading ahead of Hamilton, Kwjat, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Bottas, Massa, Hülkenberg and Sainz.

Kwjat pitted at the end of lap 21 to change tires and fell back to fifth. He came back on the track just before Raikkonen and Bottas. Bottas attacked Raikkonen on the outside in turn four and sat next to him. He was on the inside before turn five , but Raikkonen pulled in anyway and a collision occurred. The right rear suspension broke at Raikkonen, he was eliminated. Bottas drove on with his vehicle, which was not damaged in the accident. The stewards investigated the incident but did not issue a penalty. On lap 25 Ricciardo came to change tires, one lap later also Verstappen. Ricciardo fell behind Kwjat, Bottas and Massa, then Verstappen was behind Hülkenberg. Rosberg changed his tires on lap 27 and initially fell behind Hamilton. Vettel ran into Maldonado and overtook him, but braked himself so that Maldonado could counter.

Hamilton pitted on lap 29 to change tires and fell behind Rosberg again. In the following two laps, the remaining three pilots, the Manor pilots and Button, also changed tires. Sainz shortened the route when he defended himself against an attack by Pérez, he let Pérez pass a few corners later without a fight so as not to receive a penalty. After the first pit stops, Rosberg was in front of Hamilton, Kwjat, Bottas, Massa, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Verstappen, Pérez and Sainz.

Vettel, who was still stuck behind Maldonado, was the first driver to come into the pits for the second tire change at the end of lap 35, dropping from eleventh to 14th. He came back on track immediately between Rosberg and Hamilton, one lap behind. After he was able to keep up with the pace of the two Mercedes drivers, he was shown blue flags and had to pass Hamilton a few laps later, but complained on the pit radio that he was faster than the two Mercedes. Pérez reduced the gap to Verstappen. Sainz changed tires for the second time, Grosjean passed and took tenth place.

Rosberg came into the pit lane for the second tire change on lap 46 and fell again behind Hamilton. Two laps later, Hamilton also changed tires, so the original order was restored. Ricciardo ran into Massa, but Williams was so fast on the straights that Ricciardo was initially unable to attack. Shortly afterwards, however, he overtook Massa when braking into turn one . Verstappen briefly went off the track due to a driving mistake, Pérez managed to get past him. Vettel turned again on lap 51 and hit the track barrier, the race management sent the safety car out onto the track to recover the vehicle . This was the first time since the 2006 Australian Grand Prix that both Ferrari drivers were eliminated. Kwjat, Ricciardo, Massa, Hülkenberg and Sainz took the opportunity to change tires. Bottas only pitted one lap later to change tires, but remained behind Kwjat and in front of Ricciardo. Pérez was the only driver who had only changed tires once. Button reported a fire on Nasr's brakes over the radio, but Nasr initially drove on. The race was reopened at the end of lap 57.

Bottas passed Kwjat at the restart and took third place. Nasr had to give up the race with a brake failure. Hamilton shortened the gap to Rosberg, at this point both were driving the fastest laps of the race to date. But there was no attack.

Rosberg won the race ahead of Hamilton and Bottas. It was the fourth win of the season for Rosberg and the 14th for Mercedes, the tenth as a double victory. Since he also drove the fastest race lap and achieved pole position, he achieved a hat trick . Bottas achieved his second podium finish of the season. The top 10 were completed by Kwjat, Ricciardo, Massa, Hülkenberg, Pérez, Verstappen and Grosjean.

With the victory, Rosberg took second place in the drivers' standings from Vettel. The first three places in the constructors' championship remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB11	Renault Energy F1 2015	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW37	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF15-T	Ferrari 059/4	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-30	Honda RA615H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM08	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso STR10	Renault Energy F1 2015	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Lotus F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E23 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106B Hybrid	P
	13	Pastor Maldonado
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Manor Marussia F1 Team	28	Will Stevens	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 059/3	P
	53	Alexander Rossi
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C34	Ferrari 059/4	P
	12	Felipe Nasr

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Lotus with the number 30 was used in the first free practice for Palmer, Grosjean took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend with his number 8.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 20.436	1: 20.053	1: 19.480	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 20.808	1: 19.829	1: 19.668	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 20.503	1: 20.045	1: 19.850	03
04th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1: 20.826	1: 20.490	1: 20.398	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 21.166	1: 20.783	1: 20.399	05
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 20.817	1: 20.458	1: 20.448	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 21.379	1: 20.642	1: 20.567	07th
08th	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 20.995	1: 20.894	1: 20.710	08th
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 20.966	1: 20.794	1: 20.716	09
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.315	1: 20.935	1: 20.788	10
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 20.960	1: 20.942	-	11
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	1: 21.577	1: 21.038	-	12
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	1: 21.520	1: 21.261	-	13
14th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 21.299	1: 21.544	-	14th
15th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 21.422	1: 22.494	-	19th
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 21.779	-	-	18th
17th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 21.788	-	-	15th
18th	Alexander Rossi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 24.136	-	-	16
19th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	1: 24.386	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 26.067 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 20.436 min)
20th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Raikkonen was moved back a total of 35 starting positions due to a premature change of gearbox for the use of the sixth internal combustion engine, as well as the fifth copy of the turbocharger, MGU-H, energy storage and control electronics.
2. ↑ Alonso was moved back fifteen starting positions for the use of the eleventh internal combustion engine and due to a premature change of gearbox.
3. ↑ Button has been moved back a total of 70 positions for the use of the tenth and eleventh internal combustion engines, as well as the tenth, eleventh and twelfth units of the turbocharger and MGU-H, the ninth and tenth units of the MGU-K and the sixth control electronics.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	2	1: 42: 35.038	01	1: 20,521 (67.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	2	+ 1.954	02	1: 20.723 (67.)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	71	2	+ 14,592	06th	1: 21,585 (68.)
04th	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	71	2	+ 16,572	04th	1: 21,549 (69.)
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	71	2	+ 19.682	05	1: 21.625 (70th)
06th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	71	2	+ 21.493	07th	1: 22.009 (71st)
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	2	+ 25.860	10	1: 22.391 (69.)
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	71	1	+ 34.343	09	1: 22.757 (51st)
09	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	71	2	+ 35.229	08th	1: 22.603 (70th)
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Mercedes	71	2	+ 37.934	12	1: 22.893 (69.)
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Mercedes	71	2	+ 38.538	13	1: 22.963 (70th)
12	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	71	3	+ 40.180	14th	1: 22.716 (62nd)
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	71	3	+ 48.722	11	1: 22,172 (46.)
14th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	71	2	+ 49.214	20th	1: 23.006 (49.)
15th	Will Stevens	Marussia Ferrari	69	2	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 25.005 (69th)
16	Alexander Rossi	Marussia Ferrari	69	2	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 25,540 (67.)
17th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	51	3	DNF	15th	1: 23,350 (48th)
18th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	50	2	DNF	03	1: 21.847 (48th)
19th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	22nd	0	DNF	19th	1: 24.027 (20.)
20th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	01	1	DNF	18th	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 345 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 272 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 251 04th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 126 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 123 06th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 117 07th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 88 08th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 84 09  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 68 10  Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 47 11  Romain Grosjean Lotus Mercedes 45

Item driver constructor Points 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 44 13  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 27 14th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Mercedes 26th 15th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 18th 16  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 16 17th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 11 18th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 9 19th  Roberto Merhi Marussia Ferrari 0 20th  Alexander Rossi Marussia Ferrari 0 21st  Will Stevens Marussia Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 617 2  Ferrari 374 3  Williams-Mercedes 243 4th  Red Bull-Renault 172 5  Force India-Mercedes 112

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Mercedes 71 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 65 08th  Clean Ferrari 36 09  McLaren Honda 27 10  Marussia Ferrari 0

Web links

Commons : Mexican Grand Prix 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Soft always works: Pirelli announces the last tire allocations. Motorsport-Total.com, October 13, 2015, accessed October 13, 2015 . 
2. ^ Maria Reyer: Mexico Grand Prix: Two DRS zones, one measuring point. Motorsport-Total.com, October 28, 2015, accessed October 28, 2015 . 
3. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Mexico 2016: Illegal best time by Max Verstappen. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
5. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Fabian Hust: Formula 1 Mexico 2015: Nico Rosberg sets the fastest time of the day. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
7. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2015, accessed October 31, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Drives before Mexico: Button celebrates punishment Fiesta mexicana. Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 . 
9. ^ Stewards decisions document 41 - J. Button. FIA.com, November 1, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 . 
10. ^ Stewards decisions document 42 - K. Raikkonen. FIA.com, November 1, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015 .